Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Beneath the Drake Passage's savage waves lies a hidden mountain world doing something remarkable for every living thing on Earth. The science will change how you see the ocean.

Scientists have found a hidden biosphere stretching miles beneath Earth’s surface and as deep as 6 miles below the seafloor.

If someone told you there’s a place in Wisconsin where the landscape looks like it was borrowed from another planet, you’d ...

You need 5 Alien Batteries to repair the Command Ship in 99 Nights in the Forest, though only 4 are required to collect, ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

Working out of one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, Fr. Funes has long been open to the prospect of discovering extraterrestrial life. And following discoveries such as ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...